Commercial

Historical Milwaukee Panther Arena Gets Upgraded

This week’s Tough Job is looking at a recent project we just completed downtown Milwaukee at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.  We were selected to refurbish the existing locker rooms. The arena’s $6.3 million project was the largest investment that had been made since it was first built in 1950. Upgrades and improvements on the facility included new […]

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5 Ways Drones are Changing the Construction Industry

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… no, it’s a DJI Phantom 4!  Drones are changing the construction industry in a whole new way providing better management, safety, and more! Over the past few months, we have been using drones to capture amazing photos and videos of our job sites, providing our teams with quick, accurate

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The Future of Making Things

As experts in the industry, Mike LaRue and Pete Scharenbroch were invited to be keynote speakers at a recent convention focused on The Future of Making Things. Both shared their knowledge and experience of prefabrication and the technology we use which sets us apart from other construction firms.   Mark Lackovic, COO at MasterGraphics, approached

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Dodging Lemons: 3 Keys to Avoiding a Construction Manager Disaster

Choosing a new car can be tough. What features do I really need?  What models have the best fuel economy? Which car is best for me in the long run? Just recently, my wife and I spent — what seemed like a month — researching our options, calling up dealerships and checking out vehicles until

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Ingraining Prefabrication Into Everyday Work

As part of JP Cullen’s Lean Process Improvement culture, we are constantly looking for ways to do things faster, easier, and more efficiently. The internal steel stud walls were identified as an area where we could make significant gains using prefabrication. The two 115K SQFT office buildings in the Madison area that we are leading

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Modularized MEPF Systems: The Benefits of Offsite Manufacturing

 Two of the projects that JP Cullen has recently had the opportunity to lead were a pair of multi-level office buildings in the Madison area.  The challenge to the team was to deliver the two 120K SQFT buildings on a shortened time table in order to meet the needs of the client.  The JP Cullen

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Congratulations to Shannon Metoxen for Receiving the Project Manager of the Year Award

Building the nation’s first graduate school dedicated solely to the study of freshwater was not an easy undertaking, but Shannon Metoxen, Senior Project Manager at JP Cullen, was excited to take on the challenge. “Shannon has a clear vision and the means necessary to bring complex projects to a successful completion,” Kurt Young Binter, Facilities

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